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So much win! Love your use of the war shrine pieces, particularly the knight's breastplate. I also like the use of ogre gut plates (at least that's what I think they are...) on his knee joints.

Look forward to moaar!

Thats an awesome Chaos Knight so far! Can't wait to see the final product.

And i've finally been corrupted. About to begin my own Khorne project, of course heavily inspired by you!

Again, thanks for the positive feedback, everyone! That surely motivates me to keep my focus on this rather huge project

@ dantay_xv: Ah, that would be the wonderful Lotara Sarrin you're referring to, right? The idea with the handprint would certainly be extremely fluffy, but I fear it might just end up looking goofy on the actual model. Good call though!

@ Anvildude: Yeah, Harrowthorne's definitely not a berserker: His is a terrible, cold fury...

@ YourIntestines: The position of the jaw is in fact almost perfect -- it's actually the torso's wonky aligment that creates the effect you describe, and I'll only be able to fix it when I finally permanently attach the torso. Until then, you'll have to take my word for it Oh, and yes, those chaos knight shields perfectly fit onto the shin armour without a hitch, perfectly covering up the part of the armour that doesn't look chaotic

@ Legio Ultra: Cheers, mate. I might try a different set of tusks yet. As for the weapons, sorry, but now chainaxe for this guy: I'll definitely stay with standard Knight weapons here, because they are just so iconic to me.

@ rodgers37: Cheers, man! Don't forget to provide a link, once you have something to show!

@ Brother Payne: Thanks, man!

That is looking fantastic, even without the leg Armour on, as i quite like the bare mechanical leg look.
I love the use of extra bits on this as well, especially that demon chest plate,
It makes the Knight instantly stand out as chaos as soon as you see it .

Impressive work on the Knight, with many great additions, as some before have pointed out...

The background behind Baron Harrowthorne really "clicks" for me, and it seems pretty "realistic"...

So that's a pure win for me !

Thanks a lot, guys!

@ Yggdrasil: Like I said earlier, the actual background for the pilot was what made me start this whole project in the first place -- is that weird? Anyway, since the background was so instrumental in this case, I am especially pleased that you like it

So, I did some tweaking on the Chaos Knight conversion so far, making sure some of the parts fit together better. The main issue was the position of the thigh armour: The fiend armour plates I used for that fit the Knight legs beautifully...right up to the point were you add the leg pistons and attach the legs to the pelvis, which seriously messed with their arrangement. So I buckled up and shaved off quite a bit of the armour plates. They now fit much better, I think:



As you can see, I also cut off the lower part of the "crotch plate", because I wanted the slightly chaotic decoration on the banner to be visible.

I also started assembling the Knight's chainsword arm. While this may be disappointing to some of you, I'll definitely stick with the standard weaponry that comes with the kit because the combination of a cannon of some sort and a huge chainsword is such an iconic part of Knight Titans for me. That said, both arms will of course get decorations to make them look more chaotic. Oh, and let me also add that the construction of those arms is extremely clever, making them very poseable and easily attachable to the model without a drop of glue!

Anyway, here's the Knight as it stands right now:



Fellow hobbiyts JeffTibbetts suggested I reverse the direction of the tusks on the faceplate, in order to make them mirror the look of the tusks on the pelvis armour. I tried that right away and rather like the result -- what do you think?



The other thing I did was to tidy up the conversion work on the model for Baron Harrowthorne: He now has a left arm (and I also attached a small console on his left armrest in order to actually give his hand something to do). Take a look:











The next huge task will be to actually construct the cockpit for the Knight's interior and somehow fit the Baron in tere, if only temporarily. I am currently waiting for a bitz delivery before I can finally tackle that part.

Anyway, let me know what you think!

Well TBH I preferred the tusks pointing downwards...

The Baron looks great, the console & joystick also give a great feeling about the model !

As for weaponry, just stick with the chainsword : that's a typical, brutal, Khornate weapon too

Hrm...

Seeing the way that the torso mouth is facing makes me think that a 'waterfall of skulls' sort of effect might be cool to have there. Skulls or blood or whatever, just falling out of the mouth- not necessarily a torrent, but some. It would help show movement, if that's what you want, as well.

I'd suggest a Tomb Kings skeleton warriors box for the skulls. There's tons of them in each box.

Reminds me of a giant Chaos Warrior. Personally I feel a large set of tusks or bigger horns would work well.

Like I said over on the B&C he looks loads better now the plates fit the legs better buddy. I like the more understated tusks on the faceplate, they'll be a lot more noticeable once they're painted. This is gonna be a fantastic centrepiece when you're done mate.

Don't worry about the axe, it's only my personal fantasy to see it used on something other than a Lord of Skulls
The Knight however looks great, the leg plates now seem to fit perfectly. I'm still inclined to suggest bigger horns/tusks (bigger is always better imho). I also see a bit of a callenging pose like he's saying :" Who's nesxt!!??" One way to emphasize on this, if that's what you are going for would be to lift the left foot so that the Knight steps on something like a rock or a destroyed enemy tank or whatever you see fit.
Cant wait to see the rest of it!! Keep it up

Thanks, guys!

Work on the Knight continues in small but important steps. Here's what I managed to achieve yesterday:





The most noticeable addition is the use of etched brass: A small Khorne rune for the face plate, a World Eaters legion badge for the heraldic tilting plate and a bigger Khornate symbol for the hatch leading to the cockpit:



You may also have noticed that, after going back and forth about this several times, I returned to the downwards pointed tusks on the faceplate -- they simply look more balanced that way. I also tried different tusks and horns in several configurations - among them two different pairs of horns from that huge WFB Beastman monster - but bigger horns only ended up looking silly. I am really rather content with the tusks as they are now, because they are big enough to be noticeable but not so big as to be distracting or ridiculous.

Oh, and I also worked on the left shoulder pad. Here's what it looks like now:



While I always liked the Knight model per se, it's now actually starting to feel like this could be a pretty awesome centrepiece model, as Biohazard pointed out. Wish me luck!



And, as always, let me know what you think!

Love the additions to the shoulder pad. Etched brass is well placed too.

Ah well, no worries. The other idea I had, but again might not work would be bloody hand prints on the lower limbs and small totems or skulls at the feet of the knoight like offerings or devotions

As the 4th company go to war they walk by Harrowthornes Knight & touch a blooded hand to its armour in the hope of receiving Khornes blessing for a good hunt etc before going to battle.

Harrow thorne despises the men of the 4th Company for such acts of brutish superstition, but by their simple acts, his pride has been rekindled by regaining a small measure of the power he lost when honouring his debts to Angron and his World Eaters.

Like the ord of War that the Baron is he, strides forth amongst his "charges" and reaps terror and discord on the weak and pitiful worshiipers of the Corpse God.

However the aloof-ness of the Baron, plus the veneration which some of his men heap upon the Knight is beginning to grate on the Huntsmasters nerves and some speculate that there will come a time when the 4th are called upon to go big game hunting before the Baron's hubris becomes a threat to the Huntsmasters rule.

 dantay_xv wrote:
Ah well, no worries. The other idea I had, but again might not work would be bloody hand prints on the lower limbs and small totems or skulls at the feet of the knoight like offerings or devotions

As the 4th company go to war they walk by Harrowthornes Knight & touch a blooded hand to its armour in the hope of receiving Khornes blessing for a good hunt etc before going to battle.

I just love that idea dantay_xv ! I might have to steal that sometime

Thanks for the feedback, guys!

 dantay_xv wrote:
Ah well, no worries. The other idea I had, but again might not work would be bloody hand prints on the lower limbs and small totems or skulls at the feet of the knoight like offerings or devotions

As the 4th company go to war they walk by Harrowthornes Knight & touch a blooded hand to its armour in the hope of receiving Khornes blessing for a good hunt etc before going to battle.

Harrow thorne despises the men of the 4th Company for such acts of brutish superstition, but by their simple acts, his pride has been rekindled by regaining a small measure of the power he lost when honouring his debts to Angron and his World Eaters.

Like the ord of War that the Baron is he, strides forth amongst his "charges" and reaps terror and discord on the weak and pitiful worshiipers of the Corpse God.

However the aloof-ness of the Baron, plus the veneration which some of his men heap upon the Knight is beginning to grate on the Huntsmasters nerves and some speculate that there will come a time when the 4th are called upon to go big game hunting before the Baron's hubris becomes a threat to the Huntsmasters rule.

Mate, that is an absolutely fantastic idea, and something that would perfectly fit my World Eaters! I may have to do one or two small adjustments in order to make the fluff fit my idea of Harrowthorne (there is no actual hubris to him, for instance, at least not when dealing with the legionaries of the 4th), but consider this adopted into the "official" lore of Khorne's Eternal Hunt -- thank you so much!

So, after a particularly grueling day at work (Mondays will do that to you), I treated myself to nothing short of the most fiddly piece of conversion work on my Chaos Knight so far: The actual cockpit.

Thanks to a bitz donation from fellow hobbyist Belphoebe that arrived earlier today, I was finally able to tackle this part of the model. And while it felt like I was getting nowhere for several hours, I am now really happy with the result. Let us take a closer look and peel back the layers of the onion, so to speak:

Here's the Knight's torso right now:



Now let's remove the top hatch:



Why look, it's Baron Harrowthorne!



As you can see, the Baron is perfectly visible through the open hatch -- just as planned!

Now let's remove that carapace plate:



In front: Harrowthorne in his completely scratchbuilt cockpit. And in the back: The Knight's engine block.

Now let me tell you one thing: The hollow interior of the Knight may seem huge at first glance, but if you're endeavouring to add both a pilot and engine, you'll find yourself running out of room very quickly! Figuring out where to put what was probably one of the most difficult things about this conversion!

Another look from the front:



As you can see, Harrowthorne fits in rather nicely -- although it is a slightly tight fit

Now let's take at all the warts under the hood:



The cockpit itself was mainly constructed from Land Raider parts: The floor is a shaved down Land Raider turret hatch, while the view screens came from one of the inside panels from the same kit. The cockpit's back wall was made from plasticard, and a couple of additional bitz were used to blend in the seams of the conversion.

The engine block is a cut down Land Raider engine. As you can see, the engine compartment is mostly hollow, except for a lonely support strut made from leftover sprue...

This all looks so nice and tidy now (at least for my usual, sloppy standard, but figuring out a configuration that worked almost drove me up the wall!

Here's a look from a different perspective:





I've left the Baron himself removable for now, both in order to have an easier time painting him and to be able to take him out and glance lovingly at the model, every now and then Here's the cockpit without him:



A piece of sprue was glued to the floor to help position the Baron. Etched brass grating from the 40k basing set was used to detail the cockpit's floor.

Now this part of the model was really a pain in the behind to get right, but having finished this also fills me with a real sense of achievement. I'll gladly admit that I am standing on the shoulders of giants here, though: I'd never have been able to build this without taking inspiration from projects like Nicorex' Black Templar Knight , Spamus's wonderful Knight cockpit and Jeromgb's cockpit (which I just lifted wholesale for my own version.

So yeah, any and all C&C welcome! Let me know what you think!

Wow, I am glad you like it, and change away, these are your babies, so to speak...

The Landraider engine idea is inspired, and the cockpit with the Baron looks ace!

How many hullpoints does it have? Do you plan to make hull point markers on the base or will you remove sections of the hull until it gets destroyed? (IF it ever gets destroyed).
For example hatch is 1 carapace is 2 engine is 3 and last hull point gone you removed Harrowthorne, and leave the rest as a standing monument to the knights demise?

Just thoughts... I had too much coffee today

What a luxurious residence for a member of the noblility!!!! You really did a great job there Kraut, this interior is stunning and it's a very nice way to hide its hollowness!!! This Knight will look terriffic when he's done, that's for sure!!
to dantay_xv as well for the great lore concept

Love the extra efforts put into the cockpit ! It looks far, far from "sloppy" !!

Nice touch on making it removable too

I find the idea of followers of Khorne with medals amusing appropriate but amusing.

Mr Scientist that is bloody awesome. The chest section is genius.

Thanks a lot for the positive feedback, guys! I have to admit I am rather stupidly happy with the latest additions to the model at the moment...

@ dantay_xv: To tell you the truth, I haven't even thought much about any rules-related business for this model yet. The foremost thing is to make this the coolest, most involved Chaos Knight conversion I can pull off. Rules be damned

Kraut you are quite possibly one of the greatest conversion artists I've ever seen , I always enjoy seeing what you will do next

Aw, man, that is really nice of you to say! Thanks a bunch!

Sorry nevie, I would say he is tied with GuitaRasmus.... but yeah kraut, you are the reason I just bought a knight myself... I hope to do it half as good as yours and I'll be thrilled!!!

Yes.
All of my yeses.

Cheers, guys!

Cave Johnson wrote:
Sorry nevie, I would say he is tied with GuitaRasmus....

Whoa, being tied with GuitaRasmus is the already the greatest achievement imaginable, as a matter of fact. I cannot really imagine anyone being better at converting than him, so I'll gladly share the first place in this instance

Seriously, though: Only a rather small upate today, but I'd very much like your input on a couple of things:

First up, I realised that the standard from the Ogre Mournfang Cavalry would actually make a pretty sweet carapace-mounted banner for the Knight:







I am not sure I like it well enough to make it a permanent part of the model, but maybe as an optional bit that can be stuck on when I feel like it? That hole in the centre of the carapace certainly looks like it was intended for something like this...

I have also started planning out the right shoulder pad: While the left one already sports a huge icon of Khorne, I want to use a World Eaters decal on the right one:



Of course this means that whatever I add to the pad at this point must not interfere with the position of the decal, which complicates things a bit. For now, I have tacked some spikes in place:



Thoughts? Ideas?

I said it on your blog, ill say it again here, I just love Baron Harrowthorne. So cold and forbidding.
I think that over detailing may become an issue soon, if you keep adding stuff it may lose its coherency, but so far, its perfect.

Isnt the arrow in the middle of the shoulder going to get in the way of the decal?

Golgfag maneater's back banner might look cool mounted on the shoulder pad?

Do you have another standard? I feel that there should be a pair.


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The exhausts could be replaced with the braziers from the chaos warshrine?

I see you are on a good road. Backbanner looks nice as do the spikes and everything. Not sure about the decal idea though...i thnk maybe you should put something else like a huge skull or a daemon face...maybe the one from the WFB slaughterbrute if you have it..
Anyway looking forward to see the rest!!